Environmental Issues and Concerns
NOTE: Lifted from Sir Baggy
Environmental Issues and Concerns
Environmental and natural resources conservation and management have been the focus of efforts currently. Countries throughout the globe have developed international partnerships in dealing with the issue of environmental destruction, natural resources degradation, biodiversity loss, climate change, massive deforestation, and the like. The impacts of anthropogenic activities on ecosystem structure and functions call for a widespread environmental awareness campaign, and a deeper study on the issues and concerns that beset the environment.
This module will help you explain the ecological problems that beset our environment at present. You will study in this module some environmental problems and the strategies that were employed to address these problems. You will also review certain approaches in managing environmental and natural resources.
Below is a list of topics that you will study in this module. Click on each topic to access or download the resource materials.
1.Global Environmental Issues and Concerns
■ Loss of Biodiversity and Extinction
■ Climate Change and Global Warming
■ Coral Reef Destruction
■ Urban Sprawl
■ Transboundary Dumping of Hazardous Wastes
■ Water Pollution Disaster
2.Philippine Environmental Problems
■ Deforestation and Biodiversity Loss
■ Mining and Environmental Contamination
3.Strategies in Managing Environmental Problems
■ UNEP Agenda 21 - in this site, you will see the programs of action for each pressing global environmental issues. Click each link so that you will see the strategies that ought to be done to address these issues.
■ Philippine Agenda 21 - this is Philippine's equivalent of the UNEP Agenda 21 as it applies the strategies locally.
■ NIPAS - this is a system of managing biodiversity by proclaiming biodiversity or ecologically hotspot areas in the Philippines.
ACTIVITY
Can you share with the group how you might integrate environmental awareness in your course (for teachers) or help improve the environmental awareness in your immediate community (for non-teachers)? Post your thoughts in the discussion forum intended for this activity. Click on this link to access the forum.
Environmental Issues and Concerns
Environmental and natural resources conservation and management have been the focus of efforts currently. Countries throughout the globe have developed international partnerships in dealing with the issue of environmental destruction, natural resources degradation, biodiversity loss, climate change, massive deforestation, and the like. The impacts of anthropogenic activities on ecosystem structure and functions call for a widespread environmental awareness campaign, and a deeper study on the issues and concerns that beset the environment.
This module will help you explain the ecological problems that beset our environment at present. You will study in this module some environmental problems and the strategies that were employed to address these problems. You will also review certain approaches in managing environmental and natural resources.
Below is a list of topics that you will study in this module. Click on each topic to access or download the resource materials.
1.Global Environmental Issues and Concerns
■ Loss of Biodiversity and Extinction
■ Climate Change and Global Warming
■ Coral Reef Destruction
■ Urban Sprawl
■ Transboundary Dumping of Hazardous Wastes
■ Water Pollution Disaster
2.Philippine Environmental Problems
■ Deforestation and Biodiversity Loss
■ Mining and Environmental Contamination
3.Strategies in Managing Environmental Problems
■ UNEP Agenda 21 - in this site, you will see the programs of action for each pressing global environmental issues. Click each link so that you will see the strategies that ought to be done to address these issues.
■ Philippine Agenda 21 - this is Philippine's equivalent of the UNEP Agenda 21 as it applies the strategies locally.
■ NIPAS - this is a system of managing biodiversity by proclaiming biodiversity or ecologically hotspot areas in the Philippines.
ACTIVITY
Can you share with the group how you might integrate environmental awareness in your course (for teachers) or help improve the environmental awareness in your immediate community (for non-teachers)? Post your thoughts in the discussion forum intended for this activity. Click on this link to access the forum.
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